| NOUN | time | summer, summertime | the warmest season of the year |
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| time | summer | the period of finest development, happiness, or beauty | |
| VERB | stative | summer | spend the summer |
| Sounds | sah'mer | |
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| Rhymes | Amor ... Zimmer: 100 rhymes with mer... | |
| Meaning | The warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox. | |
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| Example | "they spent a lazy summer at the shore" | |
| Synonym | summertime | |
| Parts | dog days, canicule, canicular days | The hot period between early July and early September |
| summer solstice, June 21, midsummer | June 21, when the sun is at its northernmost point | |
| Broader | season, time of year | One of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions |
| Spanish | estío, verano | |
| Catalan | estiu | |
| Adjectives | summery | belonging to or characteristic of or occurring in summer |
| Verbs | summer | spend the summer |
| summerize | prepare for summer | |
| Meaning | The period of finest development, happiness, or beauty. | |
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| Example | "the golden summer of his life" | |
| Broader | time of life | A period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state |
| Usage of | trope, figure of speech, figure, image | language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense |
| Meaning | spend the summer. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "We summered in Kashmir" | |
| Broader | spend, pass | Pass time in a specific way |
| Spanish | veranear | |
| Catalan | estiuejar | |
| Nouns | summer | the warmest season of the year |
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